Transcriber’s Notes
Reading edition
Inconsistent and obsolete spelling, hyphenation, etc. have been retained, except as listed below.
Depending on the hard- and software used to read this text and their settings, not all elements may display as intended. Scales and factors of enlargement or reduction as given in illustration captions are not necessarily correct.
Frontispiece: the two arrows point at eggs (left-hand arrow) and chick (right-hand arrow), which may be difficult or impossible to see in this e-text.
Page P 65, legend with Fig. 78: reference letter f does not appear in the illustration.
Page P 107, (b, Fig 132): reference letter b does not appear in the illustration.
Page P 111: the text refers to an apple bud in Fig. 137, the illustration caption refers to an apricot bud.
Page A 12, Fig. 12: the illustration should be read from bottom to top (or has been printed in the wrong direction).
Page A 16-A 17: there is no Fig. 20 in the source document.
Page A 96: there is no caption or other explanation with the third illustration (hazelnut leaf, fruit and insect).
Page H 8, ... canals instead of railroads for their commerce (see Fig. 84): it is not clear which illustration is referred to; Fig. 84 does not show this distinction.
Page H 11, ... called nerve fibers (Fig. 142): there is no Fig. 142, nor is it clear to which figure showing nerve fibers this phrase refers.
Page H 88, Practical Question 6: the reference to Chapter VI is included in Chapter VI and has therefore not been hyperlinked.
Page H 105, ... fresh milk is an emulsion of cream (Fig. 98): Fig. 98 shows something unrelated.
Page H 161, Page H 161: Stagnant pools may be filled or drained (Exp. 4): there are only three experiments with this chapter; Experiment 3 mentions stagnant water.
Changes made:
Footnotes, tables and illustrations have been moved out if text paragraphs.
Some minor typographical errors and missing or extraneous punctuation have been corrected silently; where relevant, illustration captions have been standardised. Blanks to be filled out have been standardised to a series of underscores.
Page I ix: page number P 1 inserted in Table of Contents for Part I Chapter 1.
Page I xi: page number H 29 (section The Skeleton) changed to H 28.
Page I xvii: [See also experiments with candle and breath, in Introduction to Human Biology.] and related hyperlinks changed to [See also experiments with candle and breath, in The Principles of Biology.] and relevant hyperlinks.
Page P31: Fig. B has been rotated 90°.
Page P 89: ... at their middles on either side the opening, ... changed to ... at their middles on either side of the opening, ....
Page P 91: ... the table on page 88 ... changed to ... the table on page 88 ....
Page A8: (Fig. 389.) changed to (Fig. 390.)
Page A 42: ... a test with live worm ... changed to ... a test with a live worm ....
Page A 91: Parenthesis deleted from ... Where does a Scarab (or sacred beetle ....
Page A93: Illustration caption Fig. 177 added.
Page A 94: parenthesis deleted from (Does the size of its nerve ganglia ....
Page A 143, caption with Fig. 270: ... lr, liver ... changed to ... le, liver ....
Page A 174: Describe the molting process (page 120) changed to Describe the molting process (page 157).
Page A 177: D¹ Bill hooked, ... changed to D₂ Bill hooked, ....
Page A 193: C¹ Head large; ... changed to C₁ Head large; ...; C¹ Five toes, ... changed to C₁ Five toes, ...; Dolphin (379, 397) changed to Dolphin (Figs. 379, 397).
Page A 200: (See Fig. 347.) changed to (See Fig. 349.)
Page H 17: question mark deleted from ... a cotton cloth of same weight and texture?
Page H 25: ... keeping the body cool during the exertion (Exp. o) changed to ... keeping the body cool during the exertion (Exp. 5).
Pahe H 38: ... sit far back in the chair (Figs. 60, 61, 62) ... changed to ... sit far back in the chair (Figs. 49, 50, 51) ....
Page H 54: ... blood vessels must have these three properties? changed to ... blood vessels must have these three properties.
Page H 56: Fig. 57 rotated 180°.
Page H 70: (See Animal Biology, p. 14.) changed to (See Animal Biology, p. 4.)
Page H 72: Make a model like sketch ... changed to Make a model-like sketch ....
Page H 110, Fig. 101: individual elements rotated 90° clockwise.
Page H 140 (footnote): closing quote mark inserted after ... how to harmonize color with herself.
Page H 158: parenthesis deleted after ... 200 diameters, or 40,000 areas).
Index: some page numbers corrected and book (I, P, A or H, see above) letters added.